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gran⋅a⋅dil⋅la

  [gran-uh-dil-uh]
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–noun
1. the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, esp. Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla).
2. any of the plants yielding these fruits.
Also, grenadilla.

Origin:
1605–15; < Sp granadilla, dim. of granada pomegranate
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gran·a·dil·la   (grān'ə-dĭl'ə, -dē'yə)   
n.  

  1. Any of various tropical American passionflowers, especially Passiflora quadrangularis, bearing edible fruit.

  2. The egg-shaped, fleshy fruit of such a plant.


[Spanish, diminutive of granada, pomegranate, from Latin grānātum, from neuter of grānātus, seedy; see pomegranate.]
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